12.5 Billion Dollars of Income from Wheat Trade

Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli stated that the production surplus and imported wheat, flour, semolina, pasta is used in exported products such as specifying, wheat trade in the last 17 years 12.5 billion dollars income. Pakdemirli, in his written statement, pointed out that Turkey is self-sufficient in wheat production. 20 million tons of production against the consumption of 18.5 million tons expressed that the level of Pakdemirli, " production surplus and imported wheat, flour, semolina, pasta, such as used in exported products. Between 2002 and 2019, $ 12.5 billion income was generated from the wheat trade.'' Pakdemirli, wheat production in order to increase farmers paid grain premium support last year compared to the increase of 100 percent by underlining that, the support in question per kilogram 5 kuruş to 10 kuruş stressed that they had taken out. Fertilizer support per Decare 8 lira, diesel fuel support 19 lira quoted Pakdemirli, the Office of soil crops bread wheat purchase price in 2019 compared to the previous year, 29 percent increase in 1350 pounds per ton as explained reminded.